Fairfax in Renville County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014
1. Veterans Memorial
Who Have Served Us
in War and Peace
Making Us Proud
to Be Americans
US Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8459
US American Legion Post #205
For God and Country
Erected 1992 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8459; American Legion Post #205.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 44° 31.588′ N, 94° 43.197′ W. Memorial is in Fairfax, Minnesota, in Renville County. It is on 2nd Avenue Southeast west of 1st Street Southeast, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is at Depot Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Park Street South, Fairfax MN 55332, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota and specifically in the Minnesota River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the Great Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Powder Magazines (approx. 5.1 miles away); Log Buildings (approx. 5.1 miles away); Camp Women (approx. 5.1 miles away); Attack from the Northeast (approx. 5.1 miles away); Who Lived in the Barracks? (approx. 5.1 miles away); Bakehouse (approx. 5.1 miles away); Stone Barracks (approx. 5.1 miles away); Garrison Life Was Like Clockwork (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairfax.
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014
2. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014
3. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014
4. Reverse of Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014
5. Nearby Fairfax Depot Museum
National Register of Historic Places #86001921
Listed July 24, 1986
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 4, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
